Waterjet Storage Table

AGX Engineering designed a custom heavy-duty steel storage and work table for a Melbourne waterjet cutting operator. The client required a purpose-built staging station adjacent to their cutting bed capable of storing and handling full sheets of raw plate material — including mild steel, aluminium, and stainless steel — while withstanding the wet, abrasive environment of an active cutting workshop.

The table was designed with a rated static load capacity of 2,000 kg, three adjustable shelf levels accepting 2400 × 1200 mm full-size sheets, a galvanised grating work surface to allow swarf and water drainage, and heavy-duty swivel casters rated for the intended load — all within the tight footprint available on the workshop floor.

AGX Engineering designed an all-welded mild steel RHS frame with a base footprint of 2500 × 1300 mm and an overall height of 900 mm, with three shelf levels at 300 mm vertical increments. The frame was sized using 100 × 50 × 4 RHS for the main longitudinal rails and 50 × 50 × 3 SHS for the cross members, checked against the 2,000 kg distributed load requirement with appropriate safety factors.

Work surface and shelf infills were specified as 30 × 3 flat bar galvanised grating panels, which provide swarf drainage while remaining cleanable. Four 150 mm diameter swivel casters with a combined dynamic rating of 2,400 kg were selected, each with individual foot braking. The complete table frame was detailed for hot-dip galvanising after fabrication to achieve a minimum 85 µm average coating thickness for long-term corrosion resistance.